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I thought I better get my version of the story out while That Texan is still on a flight back to Houston, because I am sure he is scrambling to get to his computer to post this. AR member and Searcy DSC raffle winner, That Texan came to Phoenix on business this week. We decided to go out to the desert yesterday afternoon and shoot my 500 NE Merkel. I shot pretty well, so I was feeling pretty cocky. On my last two rounds I said I was going to shoot them as fast as I could and see what type of grouping I could manage. I didn’t put my finger as far around the trigger as I usually do so I could fire them as fast at possible. I fired the right barrel, the recoil knocked my finger off the front trigger, I guess I continued to squeeze and caught the rear trigger. The two shots were nearly instantaneous. That Texan thought it was some kind of echo until he looked at me and saw me in roughly the same position as Daffy Duck when he tried to shoot Elmer Fudd, bent over backward with my spine running at roughly a 90 degree angle to my legs. The recoil was not as bad as I would have imagined, but it did bang the hell out of my knuckles. The worst part was That Texan giving me crap all night. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | ||
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Ouch. But how was the grouping? JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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I think they stayed in the same county. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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eh, don't feel bad...Rusty doubled a double at the last DRSS hunt... there is a picture of it somewhere on here....  Love ya, Rusty!!!! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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 What am I laughing at, if I know myself half as well as I think I do, whenever I get a double I'll unfortunatly do the same thing. Cory Still saving up for a .500NE double rifle(Searcy of course) | |||
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 Lee, my question is did you learn anything from this experiance?  Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Just think if you were within 6 yds of a bull ele you may have hit him in the head with both slugs... Mike | |||
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Same county eh? Very good shooting! JPK Free 500grains | |||
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Nice group... Ouch   Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Yep, First time to shoot a Merkel 470. Double that bad boy! I beleive that the photo shows me with a "slightly" elevated muzzle   What this doesn't show is that Perry in the background injured his back when he fell to the ground laughing! I can attest that the recoil from a doubled 470 is less than that of right barrel of a 500 Merkel! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Yes I did: never ever ever take Bill shooting.  ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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After my THIRD time doing the doubling double dance I started using the LEFT barrel first! Cuts that stuff right out. | |||
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Can you say "Always shoot rear trigger first"? DRSS member Constant change is here to stay. | |||
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I'm going shooting later today. I'll give the left barrel first method a try. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Well he surly did that didn't he! Cory Still saving up for a .500NE double rifle(Searcy of course) | |||
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